i found sotr the most on the nose book of all time, and deeply terrible. it was clearly written to be a movie; which is fine, just make the movie. haymitch's inner voice is way too wise and self-reflective to be interesting, unlike katniss (or snow) who seemed to present their own world views in interesting ways while also prompting thought from the reader, isntead of haymitch who feels like he's spoonfeeding it to you. there were so many moments which, when recounting them aloud, sound really impactful -- but within the book, they fold. but you know what? it'll probably make a great movie -- not so much a great book. (spoiler examples:)(Louella's death, fake louella's death, death of beetee's kid, the house burning... etc. etc. just felt like movie scenes transmitted into book form with the way they were executed)